co-agonist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A drug or other chemical that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiologic reaction typical of a naturally occurring substance. Co-agonist implies it is one of other agonists working in conjunction.

Word forms

co-agonist co-agonists

Etymology

From co- + agonist.

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